[Dataloss] (follow-up) Ohio Plans To Encrypt After Data Breach

[lyger]

http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/12/11/2144255

"After a backup tape containing sensitive information on 130,000 Ohio 
residents, current and former employees, and businesses was stolen from 
the car of a government intern in June, the state government just 
announced it has purchased 60,000 licenses of encryption software - 
McAfee's SafeBoot - for state offices to use to protect data. It's 
estimated that the missing backup tape will cost Ohio $3 million. In 
September, the state docked a government official about a week of future 
vacation time for not ensuring that the data would be protected."

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